Upon arrival, the service was great, the staff were all friendly, helpful, and informative. When arriving they make sure to get you and your luggage checked in quickly, so you’re able to enjoy your stay as possible. Drinks, food, shows and service were wonderful. They also have a shuttle ($4/per person) to take you down to Playa Del Carmen, an endless streets of vendors, restaurants and shops. Beach access and a ton of activities + excursions (at an extra costs). Great choice for an all inclusive!

Pros Lots of pools, chairs, and beach. Could be the time of year but not crowded. Lots of bars and bar tenders. You generally must go to a bar for service but they were there to serve. Lots of places to eat with a variety of resturants and buffets with long hours. Food was available from 6am to 11pm. Swim up rooms are great. Lots of places to sit and talk. Cons Super smart animals. Great for photos but they will get in you bags at the pool and beach and get in your room if you dont latch the door or while housekeeping is in your room. Housekeeping can just walk in. Big place so they are cleaning on a rotating schedule and into the evening. Get a door block. Food was hit or miss. I loved some of the preparations but the misses were big. Piles of warm sushi, grilled vegetables in oil water, sausages that were cooked into firewood. TIPS Lots of photo opportunities so be prepared. If ypu like taking pics or if you are an artist of any type. Be prepared to walk. Big resort but worth it. The room hallways connect so you can stay dry in the rain or stay out of the sun. Learn the map so you dont miss out on all the things offered. For families there are lots of kid things, for couple lots of privacy. The is not a lot of entertainment in the evening so plan accordingly. I was solo so I noticed more than others. There are entertainment events most nights. I will back to this resort. I had photos but the software was glitching and i couldnt add them.

Everything went well except for one night where staff were on strike and closed a lot of amenities to the resort this issue took place for a day and was resolved the next day

Everything was amazing however the lunch and dinner at the buffet was not good at all

An amazing resort!

PROS: Great dining options, exciting entertainment, amazing and welcoming staff! =========== CONS: Among diverse fauna here are plenty of coati, which are very cute animals but unfortunately most trashcans on the property and at the beach specifically are not protected against them properly, so could be accessed, which can spread trash and disease etc on the beach and surrounding territory. Trashcans need to be replaced with coati-proof type. Also, hotel employees deserve a raise for their hard work! Last day of our vacation was negatively affected by employee strike due to poor pay conditions, and the hotel management should make appropriate changes and improvements in pay to avoid such strike in the future, which can certainly disrupt a hard-earned vacation.

We did get a room with pool access which you would think no one else would go inside your area because you paid for it. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Why even pay extra for it? Food was ok. very plain & repetitive . Customer service was ok as well. Lady upfront didn't even care to mention that the kayak and a mini boat were free to use & we had two closer buffets next to us. We did love the Theater & the shows they were very nice!. Also.. the cups they give you at any bar for drinks, they reuse them, which was kind of gross because we would see people leave the cups on top of the trash bin & these animals would start licking them .. so I really hope they don't reuse those. Thankfully, we had our own. Rooms were kept clean which was nice as well. Would I recommend.. no. Would I come back ..no sorry.

We came to the Grand Riviera Princess to celebrate a birthday with my family and unfortunately we had a really bad experience. The buffet selection wasn’t the greatest and to book a reservation with one of the restaurants was difficult all that was left was late night reservations. Lastly DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING AT THE SPA!!! We totally got scammed. This sales lady told us we would be getting 2 Princess’s packages for 2 hours and as a bonus she would throw in champagne with strawberries. All we would have to do is fill out some paperwork to confirm our package and appointment information. The day we arrive to our appointment and on time we were told unfortunately we couldn’t do the whole package in one day because they were closing soon even after booking the appointment days in advance from 4pm to 6pm no one said there was an issue until the day we arrived for the service. After informing them it was our last day at the resort because we would be leaving at 7:30 am the next day they still couldn’t accommodate us. When we tried to cancel because they weren’t able to give us the service we originally requested they said they would charge us 50 percent of the package which was 100 US dollars. No one ever told us there was a cancellation fee and also, I was cancelling because they were closing soon not my fault. After contacting the hotel manager Osvaldo he informed me there was nothing he could do because I sign the paperwork. Terrible service and experience would not recommend!!